Direction indicator for vehicles



Sept. 25, 1928.

R. J. WEIGLE DIRECTION INDICATOR FOR VEHICLES Filed Dec. 19, 1927 [N VENTR F2155 @Jl J [7l/ e131 a B Y A TTORNE Y.

Patented Sept. 25, 1928..

renza? DIRECT-ION INDCATOR FOR VEHICLES.

Application filed December 19, 1927. Serial No. 240,997.

Thepresent invention relates rto direction indicators for vehicles; as automobiles and the like; and its object is, generally, to provide a. device of that character improved inl Yrespects hereinafter "appear-ing; .and more particularly; to provide in such a device an indicating' arm swingable horizontally and vertically into and out oit indicating posi# tions; and improved means Jrior thus swinging said arm to such positions and releasably holding the same therein; and further, to provide such a device which may be readily mounted and dismonnted; and further, to provide such a device having such an indicate ing arm held from all outwardv extension when not in operation.

This and any other and more `specific objects hereinafter appearing are attained by, and the invention iinds preferable einbodi-` ment in, the structure hereinafter particularly described in the body of this specification and illustrated byv the accompanying Y drawings, in which Figure l is a view in perspective of a p0rtion of the interior of a closed automobile, showing' my direction indicator applied thereto and in its inoperative' position; I

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the direction indicator, its middle portion being sectioned horizontally online 2-2 oFigure `1;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view of the same and o-:t' parts of the automobile taken on line 3-3 of Figures 1 and 2;

Figure 4 is a rear end view of said indicator7 certain parts being broken away; and

Figure 5 is an inner side view of a portion of said indicator illustrating the guide slots therein.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated by said drawings, my direction indicator is shown applied to or mounted on an automobile 1 of the closed type having a swingable door closure 3 provided with va window 4 having a glass sash 5 slidable vertically to closed and open positions. The l direction indicator has a body 6 adapted to be removably held between the upper end of said window (i. e. the under side of said windows upper cross bar 8) and the upper end` of said sash7 said body 6 having desirably a rib 9 received into the groove 10 of said cross bar and having also a groove 11 into which the upper edge of the sash is received. Ad-

ditional supporting means for the indicator are desirably provided as shown, such means being sheet metal supports 12 provided With horizontal outward extensions ladapted to justnient by threaded posts 14 carried-by t-lie body :6, extending through vertical slots I I15 and provided with wing nuts 16-all as particularly well seen in Figiilre 3.

This body6 isprovided with a cavity 17 in its outer side snugly receiving an indicating arm 18 in its inoperative position., so that` no port-ion of said arm in its said position ein tends outwardly from the. outer surface or tace of said body.

V' This indicator arm 18 is mounted at its rear-end on said body 6 to swing horizontally and also vertically into and outot directionindicating or stop-indicating posi ing desirably so mounted by the following means:

18 being carried by the'other leaf 20 swing-A ably on a horizontalV axis, the screw2l.;

hinge memberis shown comprisingV 'leaves 19, 20 swingably connected ,on a verit z tions, Ybe- Y 1 i For operating this indicator arm, a lever 22 is provided having at its inner endv the handle portion 23 insidethe automobile and beingconnected' to the inner side of the arm 18 pivotally on a vertical axis 24. This operating lever extends through an opening 25 in the body 6; the inner surface of having a plate 26 secured thereto. This plate has a guide slot for the lever 22 which extends therethrough, such slot. having av main horizontal portion 27 and a verticalporsaid body r tion extending transversely to, and both above at 28 and below at 29, said horizontal portion; the lower'part 29- of such vertical slot beingfprovided with a horizontalforward extension 30.l It will be seen that the lever 22 in its operating movement slides i along in this slot and its said portions, fulcruming slidably on the edges of the slot to swing the arm 18 to desiredindicating positions; and resting against portions Aof Ysaidedgesto hold the arm in such positions; and it will be seen that the indicator arm 18 cannot be swung to inoperative position Within the cavity 17 unless the lever 22is in the f horizontal portion 27 of theslot.

u A prism or reflectorl, or an electric light7 may be carried adjacent the outer end of the indicator arm. v

The invention being intended to be pointed out in the claims,

isnot to vbe lmitedrtov or Y i details of constructionof the particular embodiment thereof killustrated bythe drawings or hereinbefore described.

Y' a horizontal axis;

I claim t 71. `In a device vof Ythe character described:

a body having a guide slot comprising a horizontal portion and a vertical portion; a hinge -member comprising leaves swingably con nected on a vertical axis one of said'leaves being carried by the body; an indicator farm carried by the other leaf. of the hinge member'swingably on ra erating elongated member connected to the arm pivotally on a vertical axis and movable l in said portions of the guide slot.

2. `In a device of the character described E.

l a body having a 'guide slot comprising a hori- 'nected on a verticalvaxis one of said leaves being carried by the body; an indicator arm carried by the other leaf of the hinge member swingably on a horizontal axis; an operating elongated member connected to the'arm pivotally on a vertical axis and movable in said portions of the guide slot and slidably ful- Y cruming on the edges thereof.

horizontal axis; an op-.

4. In combination with a vehicle having a window and a vertically movable sash there- I in, a device of the character described comed to be holdingly engaged by and between theadjacent ends of the window and sash and having in its underside a recess adapted to receive therupper edge of the sash; an indicator arm carried by the body swingably to outward operative position and to inward retracted position; means connected to the arm and extending into the vehicle for swinging the arm to said positions.

5. In combination with a vehiclehaving a swingably mounted door closure .provided with a window and a vertically movable sash therein,

comprising: a horizontally disposed ybody adapted to be holdingly received between the adjacent ends of the windowv and sash and having a vertically adjustable support'provided with a horizontal extensionv adapted to rest on the upper end of the-closure; an indi.-

i cator arm carried by the body swingably to outward operative position and to inward'retracted position; means connected to the arm and extending into the vehicle for swinging the arm to saidA positions.

6. In a device of thecharacter described: a body; an indicator arm mounted thereon swing-ably in horizontal and vertical planes;

'prising a horizontally disposed bodyVA adapta device of the character described an elongated operating member connected to Y the arm and having a guided longitudinal movement and a swinging movement horizontally and vertically on the body.v

In testimony whereof I have .hereunto set my hand at Grand Rapids-Michigan; this 15th day of December, 1927,

s RUSSELL J. VEIGIJE. 

